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A Quick Guided Tour Through the Bible: Experience the Story from Genesis to Revelation
You'll feel as if you're on the scene as the big events from the Bible unfold in this unique visual guide. Nearly a hundred easy-to-read maps, created with data from NASA, and 150 additional graphics are paired with fast-paced, magazine-style accounts. You'll find a fresh perspective on plenty of biblical highlights, including... With a touch of humor, seminary-educated newspaper journalist Stephen M. Miller draws from the finest biblical scholarship to lead you on an informative and entertaining journey from Genesis to Revelation.
224 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2015
About the author
Stephen M. Miller
89 books22 followersSTEPHEN M. MILLER was born in Oakland, Maryland on August 3, 1952. He was the first of six children--four boys, two girls--born to Clyde and Virginia Miller. Their sixth child, a boy, lived just a few hours. So Steve grew up in a family of five kids and both parents. At age 12, when his Grandpap died, Granny moved in with Steve's family. She's was Virginia's mom.
Steve's parents grew up two miles apart in coal country near Tunnelton, West Virginia, a deer hunter's long walk south of Morgantown.
After Steve came along, Clyde went looking for a job that didn't involve dragging a pick into a dark hole. He moved the family to Akron, Ohio where he became a tool and die maker, crafting steel parts for machinery.
His tax withholding statement for 1963 shows a salary of $5,990.51. By that time, all five kids were on board, the youngest age three.
Virginia didn't work outside the home until all the kids were in school. Then she took a part-time job as a sales clerk at JC Penney--as much for the clothing discount as for the slight salary.
Steve, at age 15, started working part-time after school at a Sohio service station, pumping gas, changing oil, and fixing flat tires. (Sohio stood for Standard Oil of Ohio.) It was a job he kept into his college years, until the owner died. The salary, which started at 75 cents an hour, paid for his first car. An extreme vehicle. Extremely used. Ford Galaxy, dingy green. The first time he drove it, he didn't know how to work the manual choke. A kid on a bicycle passed him.
NEWS JOURNALISM AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
In college, Steve knocked out his general courses at the nearby University of Akron. Then he transferred to Kent State University, where he got a bachelor's degree in news journalism. For those wondering where he was in 1970 when the Ohio National Guard came to Kent State to quell the Vietnam War protests and ended up killing four students in the parking lot outside the School of Journalism, Steve was a senior in high school.
His mother enrolled at Kent State the same year he did. She got a degree in elementary education, launching her career as a public school teacher. Don't ask Steve who finished college with a higher grade-point average.
Steve commuted to college; he couldn't afford to live on campus. He drove the 45 minutes each day to Kent, Ohio. After the owner of the Sohio service station died, Steve found a full-time summer job working in a factory. He ran heated molds that pressed uncured rubber into auto parts. Then he dug out the parts with a brass pick. He sweat through his clothes in the first 10 minutes, and through his boots by 30. At shift's end, his crust of body salt sculpted him into Lot's wife's brother.
WORKING AT THE NEWSPAPER
When Steve landed a summer internship his senior year, working as a news reporter for the Coshocton Tribune in central Ohio, life was looking up. He lived in a rented trailer and listened to his mouse traps snapping at night. Which wasn't as tough as listening to the girl next door match her oscillating voice to a record player with an rpm that couldn't decide which r to pm. But Steve was out of the rubber factory. And into an air-conditioned office.
After graduation, he took a job as a news reporter with the Alliance Review. He worked there a year and a half, covering general news and editing the religion section and the business section. Small paper. Pleasant town.
It was during those months that he decided the Christian publishing world needed a little help from writers and editors who had taken journalism 101.
further info...
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Steve's parents grew up two miles apart in coal country near Tunnelton, West Virginia, a deer hunter's long walk south of Morgantown.
After Steve came along, Clyde went looking for a job that didn't involve dragging a pick into a dark hole. He moved the family to Akron, Ohio where he became a tool and die maker, crafting steel parts for machinery.
His tax withholding statement for 1963 shows a salary of $5,990.51. By that time, all five kids were on board, the youngest age three.
Virginia didn't work outside the home until all the kids were in school. Then she took a part-time job as a sales clerk at JC Penney--as much for the clothing discount as for the slight salary.
Steve, at age 15, started working part-time after school at a Sohio service station, pumping gas, changing oil, and fixing flat tires. (Sohio stood for Standard Oil of Ohio.) It was a job he kept into his college years, until the owner died. The salary, which started at 75 cents an hour, paid for his first car. An extreme vehicle. Extremely used. Ford Galaxy, dingy green. The first time he drove it, he didn't know how to work the manual choke. A kid on a bicycle passed him.
NEWS JOURNALISM AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
In college, Steve knocked out his general courses at the nearby University of Akron. Then he transferred to Kent State University, where he got a bachelor's degree in news journalism. For those wondering where he was in 1970 when the Ohio National Guard came to Kent State to quell the Vietnam War protests and ended up killing four students in the parking lot outside the School of Journalism, Steve was a senior in high school.
His mother enrolled at Kent State the same year he did. She got a degree in elementary education, launching her career as a public school teacher. Don't ask Steve who finished college with a higher grade-point average.
Steve commuted to college; he couldn't afford to live on campus. He drove the 45 minutes each day to Kent, Ohio. After the owner of the Sohio service station died, Steve found a full-time summer job working in a factory. He ran heated molds that pressed uncured rubber into auto parts. Then he dug out the parts with a brass pick. He sweat through his clothes in the first 10 minutes, and through his boots by 30. At shift's end, his crust of body salt sculpted him into Lot's wife's brother.
WORKING AT THE NEWSPAPER
When Steve landed a summer internship his senior year, working as a news reporter for the Coshocton Tribune in central Ohio, life was looking up. He lived in a rented trailer and listened to his mouse traps snapping at night. Which wasn't as tough as listening to the girl next door match her oscillating voice to a record player with an rpm that couldn't decide which r to pm. But Steve was out of the rubber factory. And into an air-conditioned office.
After graduation, he took a job as a news reporter with the Alliance Review. He worked there a year and a half, covering general news and editing the religion section and the business section. Small paper. Pleasant town.
It was during those months that he decided the Christian publishing world needed a little help from writers and editors who had taken journalism 101.
further info...
http://www.newreleasetuesday.com/auth...
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July 5, 2016
I really enjoyed this book. I feel I have a better understanding of the Bible's contents and how all of the information fits together. I see this as a great teaching resource in my youth classes.
June 20, 2017
I started this book today and I am a bit disappointed already. First off there are different contradictory viewpoints given in this book, but, it tends to feel skewed towards a "skeptical" or "agnostic" bias. An example, we are told right away that the "majority of Christians believe in a literal flood" but, a minority do not because there doesn't seem to be a shred of scientific evidence to back it up. Phrases like "fair godmother" are used to compare to the garden of Eden. The book doesn't feel well researched, rather it seems to feel posited from the author's opinion and suppositions of of what the facts are rather than what actual theories are out there. An example, there is a major theory that because of a Biblical worldwide flood, the garden of Eden would have been totally submerged and probably buried forever. That same theory suggests that the rivers of the same name today are co-incidental and based on the Ark's inhabitants or descendants familiarity with those names. This is a very popular belief and seemingly unknown or purposefully excluded by this author. I am going to read the rest of the book, but, I don't have high hopes for this book.
October 12, 2015
Sketches Through the Narrative Portions of Scripture With Maps!
By TNPanMan Wayne Sacchi on July 20, 2015
Format: Paperback
Stephen Miller's newest book, "A Quick Guided Tour Through the Bible" is his first Bible Atlas with illustrated maps showing major highlights through the narrative portions of the Scriptures. This is not an overview of each of the Books of the Bible with maps, but rather an illustrative guide through the major narrative historical portions of Bible History. This is new territory for Miller and this would make a great teaching tool for churches and Bible courses giving a quick overview of Bible History. We cover the search for Eden, the life of Abraham, the story of Joseph, the Exodus, Moses and the wanderings of the Israelites, Joshua and the conquest of Canaan, the Judges with highlights of Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson. We cover Saul, David, and Solomon, the United nation of Israel with the Prophets and Kings, the divided kingdom, the Assyrian empire and the demise of Israel, the Babylonians and the destruction of Judah, the Persian period and the return from captivity. Miller does an excellent job covering Alexander the Great and the Greek empire, the rise of Rome and Herod the Great preparing us for the birth and life of Jesus the Messiah, the early church, the life of Paul the Apostle and his Missionary Travels and a section on Bible Lands today. It is a nice little volume giving you historical background to the Bible -- it makes a nice companion piece to his book, "The Complete Guide to the Bible." My suggestion to the publisher, Harvest House, is to have Miller add more overview to each of the Books of the Bible with his charts and maps and call it, "A Longer Journey Through the Bible" because I felt the tour was too brief and many important events were not covered. I did enjoy this book and especially Miller's maps!
By TNPanMan Wayne Sacchi on July 20, 2015
Format: Paperback
Stephen Miller's newest book, "A Quick Guided Tour Through the Bible" is his first Bible Atlas with illustrated maps showing major highlights through the narrative portions of the Scriptures. This is not an overview of each of the Books of the Bible with maps, but rather an illustrative guide through the major narrative historical portions of Bible History. This is new territory for Miller and this would make a great teaching tool for churches and Bible courses giving a quick overview of Bible History. We cover the search for Eden, the life of Abraham, the story of Joseph, the Exodus, Moses and the wanderings of the Israelites, Joshua and the conquest of Canaan, the Judges with highlights of Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson. We cover Saul, David, and Solomon, the United nation of Israel with the Prophets and Kings, the divided kingdom, the Assyrian empire and the demise of Israel, the Babylonians and the destruction of Judah, the Persian period and the return from captivity. Miller does an excellent job covering Alexander the Great and the Greek empire, the rise of Rome and Herod the Great preparing us for the birth and life of Jesus the Messiah, the early church, the life of Paul the Apostle and his Missionary Travels and a section on Bible Lands today. It is a nice little volume giving you historical background to the Bible -- it makes a nice companion piece to his book, "The Complete Guide to the Bible." My suggestion to the publisher, Harvest House, is to have Miller add more overview to each of the Books of the Bible with his charts and maps and call it, "A Longer Journey Through the Bible" because I felt the tour was too brief and many important events were not covered. I did enjoy this book and especially Miller's maps!
October 14, 2015
Wow! Stunning and informative!
I knew that I was going to love this book before I even received it. It is a great companion to my Bible and I am floored by the beautiful pictures and maps throughout. I highly recommend that you pick up your own copy and see for yourself. I love the way Mr. Miller gets his points across, using his own personal touch....at times, amusing. It's not a “complete” guide of all the Bible stories, just the main highlights. If you have a hard time picking up your Bible and reading/understanding it, you need this book....to guide you through the most important moments from Genesis to Revelation.
I was given this book by the author to read/review. I was under no obligation to give a positive review.
I knew that I was going to love this book before I even received it. It is a great companion to my Bible and I am floored by the beautiful pictures and maps throughout. I highly recommend that you pick up your own copy and see for yourself. I love the way Mr. Miller gets his points across, using his own personal touch....at times, amusing. It's not a “complete” guide of all the Bible stories, just the main highlights. If you have a hard time picking up your Bible and reading/understanding it, you need this book....to guide you through the most important moments from Genesis to Revelation.
I was given this book by the author to read/review. I was under no obligation to give a positive review.
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